Requisite(s): (77885c Legal Process and Legal Research OR (60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice AND 70616 Federal Constitutional Law))
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
This subject focuses on how constitutional law is made, commencing with consideration of the practical dimensions of access to constitutional justice, followed by a detailed consideration of the jurisdictional and procedural pathways to the High Court, and then consideration of contemporary trends in judicial law-making. The subject has a practical aspect, focusing on recent decisions of the High Court and what these decisions tell us about constitutional law-making, and a theoretical aspect, as we attempt to connect these decisions and the dynamics of their development to broader themes in comparative constitutional jurisprudence.